SPARK's first annual conference was held on 26 April 2018 and gathered around 130 people from industry and academy as well as from public actors. The theme of the event was How do we develop smart factories in Småland?

Listen to eight voices about SPARK (in Swedish)


Get a glimpse of the project exhibition

Theme of the year: How do we develop smart factories in Småland?

Note: The conference is held in Swedish.

When? 26 april, 9.00-16.00

Where? School of Education and Communication


Programme

9.00 Registration, coffee and mingling in our project exhibition

Be there in time and mingle around in the project exhibition in Arkaden (the entry hall of the School of Education and Communication). There you have the opportunity to meet researchers within SPARK and hear about their research and educational activities within knowledge intensive product realization.


10.00 How do we develop smart factories in Småland?

For more details, see the Swedish programme.


11.45 Lunch in Orangeriet and project exhibition


13.00 Workshops on the industry's short- and long-term challenges and needs connected to the theme of the conference and from four perspectives: research, education, innovation and collaboration.

For more details, see the Swedish programme.


15.00 Coffee in Orangeriet


15.15 SPARK Award and sum-up of the day


16.00 Closing of the conference

Presentations (in Swedish)

Conclusions from the workshops (in Swedish)

As part of the annual conference, the participants were invited to four different workshops. Click the below themes to read the summaries from each workshop.